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Korea Travel Essentials Cheat Sheet: Apps, Cash & K-ETA

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Alice looking panicked at Incheon Airport without her Korea travel essentials.

Traveling to Japan or Europe is easy; you just use Google Maps and Apple Pay. However, traveling to Korea is a different game. If you arrive without preparing your Korea travel essentials, you will be lost in minutes. Why? Because Google Maps doesn’t work well here. Uber is rare. And some buses don’t accept cash … Read more

The Magic Plastic: Why You Will Die Without a T-Money Card (Korea)

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If you are currently buying single-use subway tickets with cash every time you ride, stop. Just stop. You are wasting time, you are losing money, and frankly, you are annoying the 50 Koreans standing behind you in line. In Korea, cash is (mostly) dead. The real king is a small piece of plastic called T-Money. … Read more